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Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator cannot have it both ways. I join Senator Hopkins in welcoming new members to the community in Ballaghaderreen. I thank the local people for the welcome they have afforded the new residents. I agree with Senator Hopkins that the education piece must be put in place by the Roscommon and Galway ETB. I will be happy to talk to the Minister about that. Senator Norris raised a...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: -----and I make no apology for saying that. I have no difficulty with being here. I had the highest voting record in the Dáil in the last Oireachtas, but it counts for nothing in the overall scheme of things.Our job is not just about being in Dublin, in Parliament, in the Chamber or committees, but about other parts of our work. I know that some Senators claim we do not have a...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: -----with the exception of the six university Senators, if we were to adopt the policy that we have no constituency, it would be a different story. It is a point at which we need to look on a wider scale, given that we are Members of the Oireachtas and take our role seriously. There is a multifaceted approach to our job; as such, it is ridiculous that members have to use a fob I have said...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: In the recent Assembly elections I canvassed in the North and health was an issue for the people I met on the doorstep.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I do not see Sinn Féin's health document being widely published at this stage. It might publish and show it to us.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I apologise to Senator Gerry Horkan. I was taking note-----

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I agree fully with the Senator that a seven-month delay is inordinately long when people require an access pass, sticker or licence to park. In some cases, the parking space can be outside someone's door, in a church car park or a shopping centre. The point raised by the Senator is important. Senator Colm Burke referred to Ireland's ranking in the World Economic Forum's democracy index,...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, motion regarding the referral to committee of the Companies Act 2014 regulations, to be taken without debate on the conclusion of the Order of Business; No. 2, statements on the Rebuilding Ireland second quarterly progress report, to be taken at 4.45 p.m. and to conclude not later than 6.45 p.m., with the contributions of group spokespersons not to exceed eight...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the 21 Members of the House who contributed to the Order of Business. To begin, i dtús báire, ba mhaith liom ar mo shon féin agus ar son Fhine Gael mo chomhbhrón a bhronnadh ar mhuintir McGuinness agus ar pháirtí Shinn Féin ar bhás Martin McGuinness. Death is always sad. It is a period of mourning and of loss for family and friends and those...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I know that the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Creed, is anxious to get the Bill passed as soon as possible but I would be very happy to look at how we can accommodate some of the needs of Members. The Senator knows that I have always tried to do that and I will also endeavour to do that tomorrow. Senator Craughwell made reference to tomorrow's agenda and the issues...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I have touched on the matter raised by Senator Gavan. Senators Boyhan and Colm Burke raised the issues of oncology and consultant posts. Notwithstanding the remarks by Senator Boyhan, it is important to put on the record of the House that national outcomes for cancer patients have improved. While we recognise that there are issues to be addressed, with an economy emerging from recession we...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator did not let me finish. I am quite happy to come in here next week, pass the Bill as it is and not oppose it on any Stage next week. However, I do not think the Senator wants to do that, to be fair. I do not want to pass a flawed Bill which will fail to achieve what we both want to see happen, which is to uphold the rights of the deaf community. My office has been in touch with...

Seanad: Companies Act 2014: Motion (21 Mar 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I move:That the proposal that Seanad Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: Companies Act 2014 (Section 1313) Regulations 2017, copies of which have been laid in draft form before Seanad Éireann on 9th February, 2017, be referred to the Joint Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, in accordance with Standing Order 70A(3)(k), which, not later than 13th April,...

Seanad: Death of Martin McGuinness: Expressions of Sympathy (21 Mar 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: As Leader of the House and as leader of the Fine Gael Party in the House, I join every Senator who has spoken tonight in paying tribute and sympathising with the family of the late Martin McGuinness. Like Senator Grace O'Sullivan, I met Martin McGuinness during an election count in Cork last year. We were being interviewed on radio as I was about to be eliminated. He extended the hand to...

Seanad: Death of Martin McGuinness: Expressions of Sympathy (21 Mar 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Ar 10.30 maidin amárach.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Mar 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, motion regarding the Joint Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services, to be taken on the conclusion of the Order of Business without debate; No. 2, statements on the announcement by the commission of investigation confirming human remains on the site of the former Tuam mother and baby home, to be taken at 12.45 p.m. and to conclude not later...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Mar 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the 14 Members who contributed on the Order of Business. Ar mo shon féin, ar son Fhine Gael agus ar son gach Seanadóir sa Teach, déanaim comhbhrón le muintir Annmarie O'Brien agus na leanaí a fuair bháis. Today we remember Annmarie O'Brien, Paris, Holly and Jordan. As I stated yesterday, it is important to recognise that the loss of life is tragic....

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Mar 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I wish to make a distinction.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Mar 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: They have an obligation and duty to live up to their side of the bargain. I would be very happy for the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Bruton, to come to the House. You said we should not revisit the debate, a Leas-Chathaoirligh, but in his reply to Senator Boyhan today the Minister said that under the 2002 indemnity agreement, 18 of the religious congregations that managed...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Mar 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: It is important that we have such a debate but it is also important that we do not airbrush history and allow people to not live up to their obligations. The Minister in his reply to Senator Boyhan today said: "we have to ask questions as to why organisations with stated missions to serve the public and uphold moral codes apparently place so little importance on these values."